Elvis is in the building this Saturday

Ben Portsmouth and his band Taking Care of Elvis are back at the Kenton Theatre in Henley this Saturday.

His show is a tribute to the King: recreating the looks, the style and that unmistakable voice to give a show that will get hearts racing and feet tapping.

In the blink of an eye you’ll be transported back in time and be able to see, hear and experience the young Elvis Presley when he first burst on to the US music scene more than half a century ago.

The show starts at 8pm on Saturday. For tickets, call the Kenton Theatre’s box office on 01491 575698 or log on to www.kentontheatre.co.uk .

John Spiers and Jon Boden have made a particular kind of punky English folk music entirely their own.

Using a collection of fiddles, accordions and acoustic instruments the duo have twice won the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.

Spiers and Boden will be performing at South Street on Wednesday, April 8.

Tickets at £12.50 can be booked from the box office on (0118) 960 6060 or logging on to www.readingarts.com .

Craig Chalmers was a popular finalist in the hit BBC series Any Dream Will Do.

Watched by millions every Saturday night, the show was produced to find a leading man for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Craig charmed audiences week after week and finished in the top five.

Now he is coming to Reading to star in the show when it is staged at The Hexagon from Monday, April 20 to Saturday, April 25.

Tickets range from £19.50 to £24.50 from the box office on (0118) 960 6060 or logging on to www.readingarts.com .

The Reading audience will get a taste of life in the fast lane when the Illegal Eagles come to town.

The tribute band will hit the stage at the Hexagon on Wednesday, April 15.

The show will feature all the classic Eagles’ songs from New York Minute, Tequila Sunrise, One of those Nights, Lyin’ Eyes, New Kid in Town, Take it to the Limit, The Long Run and Heartache Tonight to the inimitable Hotel California.

Tickets, at £21.50, can be booked by calling (0118) 960 6060 or logging on to www.readingarts.com .

Poet John Hegley returns to pop when he reunites his band, The Popticians, for a gig at South Street arts centre on Saturday.

The bespectacled band actually sing about wearing glasses and contact lenses – although they say they’re not very complimentary about the lenses.

Tickets, at £12, are available from the box office on (0118) 960 6060 or from logging on to www.readingarts.com .

The Devil’s Doctor is a medieval feast of physical theatre and clowning around peopled by tricksters and charlatans.

Among them lived Paracelsus who claimed that he held the key to life, the universe and the very soul of humanity.

The theatre group Shifting Sands reveal the comic and heart-breaking life of one of the most controversial figures in the history of medicine.

They bring their fascinating show to South Street arts centre in reading on Wednesday, April 22.

Progress Theatre is gearing up to tell a tale of our times later this month. The actors will be staging Entrapment by Nicola Abraham at their theatre in Christchurch Road, South Reading on Saturday, April 16.

The story explores the lives of Marianne and Jimmy as they find themselves on the verge of losing their home and their rocky relationship hits boiling point.

The couple need someone to blame for their bad fortune and 13-year-old Ellen, Marianne’s daughter, comes home after an incident of bullying and triggers what quickly descends into her worst nightmare.

It is a story of blame and revenge – but who will survive?

Tickets, at £7, can be booked from the Reading Arts box office on (0118) 960 6060 or www.readingarts.com .

On Sunday, Moondogs Arts Café will host an afternoon of poetry.

The eclectic Oxford Road venue will be welcoming local poet John Hogget and Oxford-based Pete The Temp for an afternoon of witty verse.

John Hoggett says he is building a reputation for cheekily romantic gay poetry while maintaining his green credentials as a local climate change campaigner.

Pete the Temp, meanwhile, performs stand-up poetry and has been seen at many a festival last summer.